• Important points:

• Always use different ways to echo.

• Use ‘well’ and ‘say’ often

• Questions like ‘Don’t you think so?’ and ‘Really a good idea, isn’t it’ should be used to gain high scores.

• Use ‘like what?’, ‘for example?’, ‘You mean…’, ‘ mmm’ or ‘uh’ ,‘I don’t quite get it. What do you mean?’as necessary. But don’t stop in the middle of the conversation.

• Use ‘Sooo, that’s all quite good’, or ‘Ok, let’s do that’ etc as a signal to tell partner the first discussion topic has been finished.

• Use questions for initiating each discussion point.

• One of the partners should count how many points have already been covered. 2 to 3 points should be enough. Don’t list too many points. Then you won’t have enough time for the next topic.

• Use ‘There are many ways of doing this’, ‘There are not too many ways, I’m afraid’, ‘It’s not difficult to do’, “It’s rather difficult’ etc to add color to your language.

• See how you can naturally make transition to the next point. For example, ‘Well, I’ve just hit upon another good idea.’, ‘Oh, yeah,’ ‘Oh, well,’ ‘ Another thing’, ‘… won’t be a bad idea either’.

• Recap is not necessary if you have run out of time. Remember to budget your time wisely.